Grade 8, course by course

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In Letters & Devotion an eighth grader takes Bible: The Old Testament Read Through the New (72+ hours), Structure, Irony, and Argument (34+ hours), Pre-Algebra (37+ hours), Physical Science (34+ hours) and United States History to Reconstruction, with Civics (35+ hours), plus PE, Spanish and Home Base for grades 6-8. Every course is published in full.

Bible: the Old Testament read through the New

Four units, 72+ hours: Promise and Fulfillment, Sacrifice, Temple, Priest, Exodus and Exile as Patterns, and Hebrews, a Worked Example. It teaches how the two testaments fit together by watching the New Testament writers read the Old.

Pre-Algebra

Eight units: Exponents and Scientific Notation, the Real Number System, Linear Equations, Functions, Transformations and the Pythagorean Theorem, Slope and Proportionality, Systems of Linear Equations, and Bivariate Data and Lines of Fit. It is the foundation for Algebra I in ninth grade and follows the Common Core State Standards.

English language arts

Eight units, including Structure and Dramatic Irony, Claim, Evidence and the Shape of an Argument, a full-length drama, narrative writing, reading historical fiction against the historical record, Competing Arguments, and a Research and Argument unit built from multiple sources.

Physical science and US history

Physical Science covers the particle model, chemical reactions and conservation of mass, forces and Newton's laws, energy, waves, sound, light, and electricity and magnetism, in line with the Next Generation Science Standards. United States History runs from encounter and colonization through the Constitution, the Civil War and Reconstruction, with civics along the way.

What this is not

It is a lot of courses. Eighth grade has about eight, and you decide which to take, which to hold back and how many to do in a day.
The Creation units sit in the science courses for grades 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 12, so eighth grade physical science follows the Next Generation Science Standards without one.
A student who is behind is not stuck. The course slows down, and you can set courses to a lower grade.

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Questions parents ask

What does eighth grade cover?

Bible, English language arts, pre-algebra, physical science and United States history, plus PE, Spanish and a practical arts course. Each is published in full.

Does eighth grade prepare for high school?

Pre-Algebra is built as the foundation for Algebra I, and the ninth grade courses are in the same catalog, so a student can move up in any subject when ready.

Can I see a unit first?

Yes. Every unit, skill and objective is published with no account, and a full sample lesson at /sample needs no account.

What does it cost?

$29 a month or $290 a year for every child. The first 30 days are free with no card.

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